Career
Wilhelm functioned as a for both the archbishop of Cologne and Kaiser Friedrich. Wilhelm’s half brother, Prince Bishop Lorenz von Bibra of Würzburg, in 1487 wrote a letter of introduction to Pope Innocent VIII for Wilhelm who was being sent to the Vatican as emissary of Archbishop Herman of Cologne. As an emissary, he traveled to Rome three times: 1483, 1487, and 1490.
By July 8, 1490, Wilhelm was referred to as "miles auratus" (a reference to him being a Knight of the Golden Spur).
In 1490, Wilhelm became ill when returning from Rome as an emissary of the emperor Frederick III. He was a guest at the Palazzo of the countly Pellegrini family when he died August 28, 1490. Wilhelm"s tomb stone is still to be seen in the Pellegrini Chapel of the Santa Anastasia in Verona.
Originally, it was on the floor and was moved to the wall in summer of 1804. Nobilis et stren. Doms.
Gulielmus de Bibra
Eques aureus, Ducatu Franciae Orientalis
Oriundus, Sereniss.
Doctorate. Frederici III◦ Caesoris
victiss, et Massimiliani eius nati, incliti
Romanorum Regis Consiliar ad South.D.N.
Archiepiscp.) Innocentiu Pap. VIII◦
Orator et Nuntius, atque Reverendiss. Doctorate. Hermani Archiepiscopi Coloniensis
Principis Electoris Magister Curiae et
consiliarius completa legatione ex Ro.
Domus regreditur.
Obiit in hac inclita
Urbe Veronae die. South.S. August: anno 1490. Cuius anima requiescat in pace.
In piedi ancora queste parole:
Peregrinorum familia pietatis gratia nunc
mihi soli in hoc sacello tu mulum
concessit An.